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Christmas amusement; or, the happy association of mirth and ingenuity: being an elegant collection of original riddles, charades, &c. culled from the vase of fancy, at Conundrum Castle / By Peregrine Puzzlebrains.

Accession number
PML 87243
Creator
Puzzlebrains, Peregrine.
Published
Dublin : Printed for T. Jackson, 23, Parliament-street, 1799.
Credit line
Purchased on the Elisabeth Ball Fund; 2006.
Notes
Peregrine Puzzlebrains is a pseudonym.
Key to the puzzles, 3 pp. at end.
First Dublin printing of a book originally issued by Elisabeth Newbery.
Horizontal chainlines; signed in 12s and 6s.
Description
v, [1], 134, [4] p., [1] plate (frontis) ; 14 cm.
Provenance
Thomas Berry Smith (inscription on fly leaf); from the Christmas collection of Jock Elliott (Sotheby's, Dec. 12, 2006, lot 31).
Binding
Three-quarter pink paper and marbled boards.
Classification
Department